club
- Museum number
- Oc1886,0212.5
- Description
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Club, of wood, long with leaf-shaped head (basibasi type).
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 111.50 centimetres
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Width: 16 centimetres
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Depth: 3.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register slip reads: Club from Florida Islands / Solomon Group
Southeast Solomons club types are identified by Malaitan names (in the absence of alternatives) for which the principal source is David Akin (2013) Malaitan Clubs. Ch.39 in Bolton et al. Melanesia: Art and Encounter.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Acquisition notes
- Register slip reads:
Presented by H. B. Guppy Esq MB R.N. 1886
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1886,0212.5